Kumiko/ukiyo-e style Godzilla wall lantern
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Picked up some prints a while ago in Japan with the hope of making them into something... but they are actually plastic document folders that don't look that great on a flat surface and so need background illumination, which I didn't have any ideas for at the time.
Fast forward a few years and I discovered (affordable) LED panels so rustled up a design. Wanting to make it as traditional-looking as possible, I went with an asanoha kumiko pattern, cut from plywood on the CNC (I'm not skilled/patient enough to do actual kumiko work!).
Ideally this would be made from a more Japanese-looking timber, eg a cedar or cypress with a distinctive, straight grain, for the frame - but the best I had to hand was Iroko which looks quite nice. The visible joinery is doweled mortise and tenon, but the back is pocket screwed on and the assembly itself fairly straightforward.
